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Wingshadow
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The five day cruise did not turn out as Manami had imagined it would, as the rolling waves and torrential rain rocked the tiny lifeboat she found herself inside. She clung to the wooden seat, her fingers gripping on for dear life, her clothes drenched and heavy while each wave that crashed over the side of the boat washed her face with the frigid brine. A bolt of lightning crackled above her, giving her one last look at the cruise liner in the distance.
She never found out what had went wrong, but some kind of malfunction had resulted in an immediate and complete evacuation. Manami, in the confusion, had been knocked into one of the smaller lifeboats, separating her from her small group of friends. The lines had suddenly snapped, dropping her into the arms of fate. She would have given anything in the world to have one of her water pokemon with her, which, unfortunately for her, was not the case. The storm continued to rage, tossing the tiny boat back and forth, up and down without showing any intention of stopping. Manami closed her eyes, silently wishing that she would overcome this ordeal to see another day...
Something tapped her on the shoulder, causing her to groan and turn over onto her back reluctantly. When her eyes finally opened, Manami could feel her body aching all over, the distinct sensation of sand against her skin and wet clothes clinging her to skin an abrupt reminder of the tragedy she had somehow managed to survive. Her mind was a muddled mess as she struggled to remember how she had gotten onto the beach, and before long she simply gave up trying. She was alive, for now at least, and that was the most important thing.
Manami slowly sat up, painfully at first, as she looked around at her surroundings. Lofty palm trees ran along the coastline of what appeared to be a small island with an inland forest and what appeared to be a central mountain range. Perhaps there would be some small caves there she could take refuge in... There was no sign at all of her life boat, however, and with it went any emergency supplies it might have contained. She sighed, but as she did so she caught sight of something standing just outside the forest.
Manami stood up, her feet sinking into the damp sand, and turned toward it, but the figure vanished before she could get a good look at it. Was it some kind of pokemon? She didn't have any pokemon of her own to defend herself, either, so the prospect of being attacked by a wild pokemon was much more terrifying than usual. It was gone for now, but there was no guarantee that it wouldn't return later.
She quickly made her way along the beach to the base of the forest to get out of the burning sun. She stripped out of her wet clothes, hanging them up on the tree branches to dry off while she began to look around for supplies. she needed to find a source of fresh water at least to keep from becoming dehydrated. After that she could work on building a shelter and finding something to eat. Little did she know what this island would have in store for her...
She never found out what had went wrong, but some kind of malfunction had resulted in an immediate and complete evacuation. Manami, in the confusion, had been knocked into one of the smaller lifeboats, separating her from her small group of friends. The lines had suddenly snapped, dropping her into the arms of fate. She would have given anything in the world to have one of her water pokemon with her, which, unfortunately for her, was not the case. The storm continued to rage, tossing the tiny boat back and forth, up and down without showing any intention of stopping. Manami closed her eyes, silently wishing that she would overcome this ordeal to see another day...
Something tapped her on the shoulder, causing her to groan and turn over onto her back reluctantly. When her eyes finally opened, Manami could feel her body aching all over, the distinct sensation of sand against her skin and wet clothes clinging her to skin an abrupt reminder of the tragedy she had somehow managed to survive. Her mind was a muddled mess as she struggled to remember how she had gotten onto the beach, and before long she simply gave up trying. She was alive, for now at least, and that was the most important thing.
Manami slowly sat up, painfully at first, as she looked around at her surroundings. Lofty palm trees ran along the coastline of what appeared to be a small island with an inland forest and what appeared to be a central mountain range. Perhaps there would be some small caves there she could take refuge in... There was no sign at all of her life boat, however, and with it went any emergency supplies it might have contained. She sighed, but as she did so she caught sight of something standing just outside the forest.
Manami stood up, her feet sinking into the damp sand, and turned toward it, but the figure vanished before she could get a good look at it. Was it some kind of pokemon? She didn't have any pokemon of her own to defend herself, either, so the prospect of being attacked by a wild pokemon was much more terrifying than usual. It was gone for now, but there was no guarantee that it wouldn't return later.
She quickly made her way along the beach to the base of the forest to get out of the burning sun. She stripped out of her wet clothes, hanging them up on the tree branches to dry off while she began to look around for supplies. she needed to find a source of fresh water at least to keep from becoming dehydrated. After that she could work on building a shelter and finding something to eat. Little did she know what this island would have in store for her...